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What is the difference between conditioned and unconditioned responses? Provide at least 3 examples of each type of response, preferably from your own life experience. What does it mean when a behavior is classified as a conditioned response? What are some examples of conditioned emotional responses that you have observed in yourself or a friend?

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The differences between conditioned and unconditioned responses are exemplified.

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In order to answer this question we need to understand the meaning of some terms.

A conditioned response is a learned reflex response to a conditioned stimulus.

A conditioned emotional response is an emotional response that has become classically conditioned to occur to learned stimuli, such as a fear of dogs or the emotional reaction that occurs when seeing an attractive person.

A unconditional response is an involuntary (reflex) response to a naturally occurring or unconditioned stimulus.

A conditioned stimulus is a stimulus that becomes able to produce a learned reflex response by being paired with the original unconditioned stimulus.

Unconditioned stimulus is a naturally occurring stimulus that leads to an ...

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